The Great "Photoshop" Conspiracy
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Recently I have noticed a great trend when a really cool photo is embedded that there is a great leap to scream "Photoshop".
It's a bit like the scene in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Leonard Nimoy (in my case ecause I am an old f
ker) raises his hand and points his finger whilst screaming at the last other human left alive.
Is there such a disbelief that photographs actually showed and capturred some really interesting momnts in history withour having to be touched up?
It's a bit like the scene in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Leonard Nimoy (in my case ecause I am an old f
ker) raises his hand and points his finger whilst screaming at the last other human left alive.Is there such a disbelief that photographs actually showed and capturred some really interesting momnts in history withour having to be touched up?
Skywalker said:
Recently I have noticed a great trend when a really cool photo is embedded that there is a great leap to scream "Photoshop".
It's a bit like the scene in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Leonard Nimoy (in my case ecause I am an old fker) raises his hand and points his finger whilst screaming at the last other human left alive.
Is there such a disbelief that photographs actually showed and capturred some really interesting momnts in history withour having to be touched up?
surely that was Donald Sutherland? ...It's a bit like the scene in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Leonard Nimoy (in my case ecause I am an old f
ker) raises his hand and points his finger whilst screaming at the last other human left alive.Is there such a disbelief that photographs actually showed and capturred some really interesting momnts in history withour having to be touched up?
maxnutter said:
Skywalker said:
Recently I have noticed a great trend when a really cool photo is embedded that there is a great leap to scream "Photoshop".
It's a bit like the scene in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Leonard Nimoy (in my case ecause I am an old fker) raises his hand and points his finger whilst screaming at the last other human left alive.
Is there such a disbelief that photographs actually showed and capturred some really interesting momnts in history withour having to be touched up?
surely that was Donald Sutherland? ...It's a bit like the scene in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Leonard Nimoy (in my case ecause I am an old f
ker) raises his hand and points his finger whilst screaming at the last other human left alive.Is there such a disbelief that photographs actually showed and capturred some really interesting momnts in history withour having to be touched up?
FourWheelDrift said:
maxnutter said:
Skywalker said:
Recently I have noticed a great trend when a really cool photo is embedded that there is a great leap to scream "Photoshop".
It's a bit like the scene in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Leonard Nimoy (in my case ecause I am an old fker) raises his hand and points his finger whilst screaming at the last other human left alive.
Is there such a disbelief that photographs actually showed and capturred some really interesting momnts in history withour having to be touched up?
surely that was Donald Sutherland? ...It's a bit like the scene in the Invasion of the Body Snatchers when Leonard Nimoy (in my case ecause I am an old f
ker) raises his hand and points his finger whilst screaming at the last other human left alive.Is there such a disbelief that photographs actually showed and capturred some really interesting momnts in history withour having to be touched up?
Photoshop is a stunning piece of software which is very clever. In the right hands its amazing what it can do. However, we have seen far too many examples of Photoshop being misused and as a result its to be expected that people shout 'Photoshop' at first....
http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/
As an example:
And a gratuitous example of re-touching for the boys:
Trawl through the site above - its quite fascinating as to what they try to get away with.
http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/
As an example:
And a gratuitous example of re-touching for the boys:
Trawl through the site above - its quite fascinating as to what they try to get away with.
Edited by off_again on Wednesday 6th August 12:44
But it's nothing new really. Think of some of the iconic photos that were modified or recreated.
The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
R39S1 said:
But it's nothing new really. Think of some of the iconic photos that were modified or recreated.
The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
Are you sure about that?The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
mouseymousey said:
R39S1 said:
But it's nothing new really. Think of some of the iconic photos that were modified or recreated.
The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
Are you sure about that?The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
R39S1 said:
mouseymousey said:
R39S1 said:
But it's nothing new really. Think of some of the iconic photos that were modified or recreated.
The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
Are you sure about that?The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
Dont' think that's true... http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0008/ng2.htm
john_r said:
Probably the most famous of all - alleged to have been taken off the coast of South Africa... where there is obviously a detailed copy of the Golden Gate Bridge!
Obviously a fake - everyone knows that helicopters are not allowed to fly that close to bridges. There is actually an aviation law preventing this. DrTre said:
Dont' think that's true... http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0008/ng2.htm
I maybe wrong and if so i apologise, I am also going to start worrying about my memory. I'll start digging back in my files tonight and see what i can findR39S1 said:
mouseymousey said:
R39S1 said:
But it's nothing new really. Think of some of the iconic photos that were modified or recreated.
The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
Are you sure about that?The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture. Or the american soldiers raising the USA flag on Io Jima. Done a few days later. Lots of examples pre-Photoshop, just it is easier to do nowdays. Also I think we are all more aware of the possibiliies so we are more cynical about the reality of what we are shown. It is a shame as we lose that sense of magic and wonder at some of the things around us.
I too remember something was fudged about the photo but can't remember exactly what...perhaps that it was th fact that it was South Vietnamese planes that dropped the napalm and not US?
Maybe the image was appropriated by opposers of the war and them twisting the back story to suit their agenda, maybe by obscuring the US soldiers in the background?..I can't remember the exact details..and equally might be wholly mistaken!
Maybe the image was appropriated by opposers of the war and them twisting the back story to suit their agenda, maybe by obscuring the US soldiers in the background?..I can't remember the exact details..and equally might be wholly mistaken!
Edited by DrTre on Wednesday 6th August 14:19
R39S1 said:
But it's nothing new really. Think of some of the iconic photos that were modified or recreated.
The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture.
S'funny I didn't notice those GIs on the newsreel footage of her running up the road towards the cameras.The naplamed girl in Vietnam running down the road with her arms out. The reason she had her arms out was she was being carried by two soldiers but they got taken out of picture.
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